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Talking about Tech, Disinformation, & Trust in DC
October is 'National Cybersecurity Awareness Month' in the United States. As many of you know, this already rather interdisciplinary field of 'cybe…
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Shitty Media Men list: lawyer wants to expose women who contributed
"According to Daphne Keller, a director at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford’s school of law, outing those anonymous defendants might be the…
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Apple to Australia: “This is no time to weaken encryption”
"The Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner expressed similar concerns, as did Riana Pfefferkorn, a Stanford legal fellow, who called the bill &q…
New EU Proposal on the Prevention of Terrorist Content Online: An Important Mutation of the E-Commerce Intermediaries' Regime
Prevention of terrorism is undeniably an important and legitimate aim in many countries of the world. In the course of the last years, the European Union (EU) i…
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Australia's Revised "Assistance and Access" Bill: Still a Bad Idea
Today I'm submitting a second round of comments to the Australian government regarding its proposed Assistance and Access Bill. The proposed legislation wo…
Comments for Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) review of the Telecommunication & Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance & Access) Bill 2018
Comments submitted to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) of the Australian Parliament on the revised draft (20 September 201…
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The Ick of AI That Impersonates Humans
"It isn't just our interactions with other humans that could be affected. “I worry a lot about how we’re building this world that’s supposed to be for…
Stop Saying Privacy Is Dead
Co-authored by Evan Selinger and Woodrow Hartzog Privacy protections are at risk yet again. The Five Eyes security alliance, which spans the governments of the…
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To Disclose or Not to Disclose: Google+ Breach Raises The Question
"“The lack of potential for harm certainly is a factor in a decision not to disclose,” said Albert Gidari, the consulting director of privacy at the Stanfo…
Riana Pfefferkorn: How are the boundaries of digital privacy shifting?
Riana Pfefferkorn is a digital security expert and Cryptography Fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society. She says that we are living in the “Gold…
DOJ Lawsuit Against California Raises Legal Questions Over Net Neutrality
The U.S. Justice Department has sued California over its net neutrality law. California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed the measure, which was in response to…
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Body camera maker will let cops live-stream their encounters
"Harlan Yu, the executive director of Upturn, a Washington nonprofit consultancy that has studied body cameras, says that live-streaming could erode commun…